Beaufort is located some 50 km north-east of Grenoble and 8 km east of Beaurepaire. Access to the commune is by the D73 road which changes to the D519D then the D519 from Lapeyrouse-Mornay in the east which passes through the commune north of the village and continues east, changing again to the D519, to Marcilloles. Access to the village is by the D73C which branches from the D73 in the commune and continues south to join the D130 just outside the commune. the D156B branches from the D73 in the commune and goes south-east to Thodure. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Bas Beaufort and Chantabot. The commune is entirely farmland.[5][6]
La Raille stream flows through the commune from north-west to south-east where it continues to join the Torrent de la Perouse at Viriville. In the north-west of the commune are canals and ponds for a fish farm.[5][6]
Toponymyedit
Beaufort appears as Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and the same on the 1790 version.[8]
Administrationedit
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January 01, 1970
beaufort, isère, beaufort, french, pronunciation, bofɔʁ, commune, isère, department, auvergne, rhône, alpes, region, south, eastern, france, beaufortcommunebeaufort, beginning, 20th, centurylocation, beaufortbeaufortshow, francebeaufortshow, auvergne, rhône, a. Beaufort French pronunciation bofɔʁ is a commune in the Isere department in the Auvergne Rhone Alpes region of south eastern France 3 BeaufortCommuneBeaufort at the beginning of the 20th centuryLocation of BeaufortBeaufortShow map of FranceBeaufortShow map of Auvergne Rhone AlpesCoordinates 45 19 38 N 5 07 21 E 45 3272 N 5 1225 E 45 3272 5 1225CountryFranceRegionAuvergne Rhone AlpesDepartmentIsereArrondissementVienneCantonBievreGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Christiane d Ornano 1 Area18 69 km2 3 36 sq mi Population 2021 2 580 Density67 km2 170 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code38032 38270Elevation266 374 m 873 1 227 ft avg 280 m or 920 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries The inhabitants of the commune are known as Beaufortois or Beaufortoises 4 Contents 1 Geography 2 Toponymy 3 Administration 4 Demography 5 Culture and heritage 6 Notable people linked to the commune 7 See also 8 ReferencesGeography editBeaufort is located some 50 km north east of Grenoble and 8 km east of Beaurepaire Access to the commune is by the D73 road which changes to the D519D then the D519 from Lapeyrouse Mornay in the east which passes through the commune north of the village and continues east changing again to the D519 to Marcilloles Access to the village is by the D73C which branches from the D73 in the commune and continues south to join the D130 just outside the commune the D156B branches from the D73 in the commune and goes south east to Thodure Apart from the village there are the hamlets of Bas Beaufort and Chantabot The commune is entirely farmland 5 6 La Raille stream flows through the commune from north west to south east where it continues to join the Torrent de la Perouse at Viriville In the north west of the commune are canals and ponds for a fish farm 5 6 Toponymy editBeaufort appears as Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map 7 and the same on the 1790 version 8 Administration editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2021 List of Successive Mayors 9 From To Name 2001 2020 Norbert Bouvier 2020 2026 Christiane d OrnanoDemography editIn 2017 the commune had 548 inhabitants Historical populationYearPop p a 1793425 1800399 0 90 1806562 5 88 1821601 0 45 1831674 1 15 1836723 1 41 1841757 0 92 1846704 1 44 1851739 0 98 1856702 1 02 1861651 1 50 1866660 0 27 1872596 1 69 1876567 1 24 1881558 0 32 1886520 1 40 1891514 0 23 1896476 1 52 YearPop p a 1901460 0 68 1906471 0 47 1911442 1 26 1921408 0 80 1926352 2 91 1931376 1 33 1936381 0 26 1946354 0 73 1954367 0 45 1962380 0 44 1968373 0 31 1975337 1 44 1982369 1 30 1990406 1 20 1999415 0 24 2007531 3 13 2012577 1 68 2017548 1 03 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Source EHESS 10 and INSEE 11 Culture and heritage editThe Fountains of Beaufort are classed as a Sensitive natural area 12 Notable people linked to the commune editJoseph Vacher 1869 1896 a criminal considered to be one of the first serial killers in France was born in the commune See also editCommunes of the Isere departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires in French data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises 13 September 2022 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 INSEE commune file Inhabitants of Isere in French a b c Beaufort on Google Maps a b Beaufort on the Geoportail from National Geographic Institute IGN website in French Beaufort on the 1750 Cassini Map Beaufort on the 1790 Cassini Map List of Mayors of France in French Des villages de Cassini aux communes d aujourd hui Commune data sheet Beaufort EHESS in French Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEE Discover the Espaces Naturels Sensibles of Isere www isere fr p 26 consulted on 22 July 2014 in French nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beaufort Isere Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Beaufort Isere amp oldid 1168444546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,